Re: [OT] Paypal scam emails

[Loren Wilton]

Title: [OT] Paypal scam emails

> Today I received a 139 point paypal spam to this new account.  Is there any possibilities that these > email lists are originating from within paypal?  I have yet to approach paypal regarding this.  Every > time I have called them in the past they just kick out that these spammers are either screen scraping > to get information or sending things out to random addresses.   Though it’s possible, it’s high improbably > in this case as we have an account that get’s undeliverables and that account has never received any > spam until after the signing up on paypal.   Actually I'd say that given the account name you chose there is an excellent chance this was just a semi-random blast into the night.   I get a half dozen or so paypal and ebay scams a day, and my email address, while pretty well known, doesn't have any obvious association with paypal or ebay.  Heck, I get 1-2 ebay scams a day from the same account in Romania every day!   These things are in general pretty easy to catch with SA if you have the SARE rules for them.           Loren